Introduction

The infraorder Fulgoromorpha, also known as planthoppers, belong to the suborder Auchenorrhyncha of the order Hemiptera. Planthoppers are phytophagous and feed from the sap of a wide range of plants and in many habitats. They may occur in relatively large numbers in some habitats and under certain conditions.

The wide-ranging history of entomology in Iran has been well-documented by chapters in Abivardi (2001). The earliest available records of Fulgoromorpha in Iran were by Melichar (1902a, b) who described some species from Iran. Afshar (1937) was the first Iranian entomologist who recorded Ommatissus binotatus lybicus (Tropiduchidae) in the list of agricultural pests for the country. Subsequent taxonomic studies in the Persian literature mainly focused on the insect pests in both agricultural and forest ecosystems (Gharib 1966, 1998; Kheyri 1989; Ahmadi et al. 1986; Karimzadeh Esfahani et al. 1998 etc). Field expeditions were made to various parts of Iran during the 1970s by Czech entomologists, including Jiri Dlabola, along with entomologists from the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection. This resulted in a number of new discoveries of Iranian planthoppers, which were compiled in publications such as Dlabola (1974a, b, 1977a, b, 1980a, 1981, 1982a, b, 1983a, b, 1985 etc). Dlabola is responsible for the description of almost 50% of the currently known planthopper fauna of Iran.

Fifteen planthopper (Fulgoromorpha) families have been recorded from Iran to date. Table 1 gives details of the numbers of species in each family and the number (and percentage) known only from Iran at present. Large numbers of species have been recorded in the Cixiidae, the Delphacidae, the Flatidae and the Issidae. The fauna is characterized by high endemism in groups such as Issidae, which are flightless and have relatively limited dispersal and a narrow distribution. However, the planthopper fauna may also well be under-recorded, for instance around 100 species of Delphacidae are known from Greece (e.g. Drosopoulos et al. 1983) but only 34 so far recorded in Iran. Dlabola (1981) refers to the biotic zones in which species are found.

In the current study a list of Fulgoromorpha species recorded from Iran has been compiled, which is based on literature records and the addition of some new taxonomic data. Much basic taxonomic work is needed in the region and it is hoped that this checklist will facilitate further studies on Fulgoromorpha of Iran. To resolve nomenclatural difficulty the following new combinations in Issidae are given: Iranodus dumetorus (Dlabola, 1981), Iranodus khatunus (Dlabola, 1981) and Iranodus repandus (Dlabola, 1981). Due to published generic synonomy the following are new combinations: Duilius seticulosus (Lethierry, 1874), Duilius tamaricis (Puton & Lethierry, 1887), Duilius tamaricicola (Dubovsky, 1966) Duilius v-atrum (Dlabola, 1985).

Economic importance of planthoppers in Iran

Planthoppers are of high economic importance mainly because they reduce crop yield through feeding and oviposition and they can transfer phytoplasmas and viruses to a wide range of plants. The planthoppers of economic importance in the United States have been reviewed by Wilson and O'Brien (1987) who recorded 150 species of planthoppers from 99 economic plants. At least 8 species in that list have been also recorded from Iran, on agricultural products such as date palm, potato, tomato, wheat, corn, rice (Gharib 1966, 1998; Haghshenas and Khajehali 2000; Khajehali et al. 2001; Nematollahi and Khajehali 2000). A further nine species have also been recorded in Iran by Abaii (2000) as pests of forest trees.

Annotated species checklist

The following list is intended as an annotated checklist and not a catalogue. Emphasis is given to citations where Iran is recorded. Synonyms added after the current scientific name contain the original name, next the current name followed by its authority and next those synonyms which have been used for records from Iran. Selected taxonomic papers are cited where needed for clarity. Taxa are given in alphabetical order. Where species have only been found in Iran no further details of a wider distribution are given. Species listed in references, where no further information is given beyond the name, are cited as ‘listed'. Locality records are listed for each species. Furthermore a list of locality names including latitude, longitude, codes for the localities and a distribution map are also provided. The codes consist of two parts: an alphabetical one for the name of provinces and a numerical one for the locality (Figs 1, 2).

The extralimital distribution in the Palaearctic region was determined using various publications, including: Asche (1982), Asche and Wilson (1989), Demir and Demirsoy (2009), Demir (2007), Demir (2008), Dlabola (1965b, c, 1972, 1974b, 1977c, 1979d, 1980b, c, 1994), Dlabola and Jankovic (1981), Gnezdilov (2002), Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006), Holzinger et al. (2003), Holzinger (2007), Nast (1972), Novikov et al. (2006), Vilbaste (1980) and Wilson (2010a, b). The United Nations geoscheme was used for recording extralimital distributions in other regions and subregions of the world.

Family Caliscelidae

The following species were recorded in the family Issidae, subfamily Caliscelinae in early reports from Iran. This subfamily has however, been more recently given full family status (Tishechkin 1998; Emeljanov 1999; Gnezdilov 2003).

Adenissus baluchestanicus Dlabola, 1980

Adenissus baluchestanicus Dlabola, 1980b: 184; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006) [listed].

Iran localities: Tang-e Sarheh.

Adenissus isinus Dlabola, 1980

Adenissus isinus Dlabola, 1980b: 185; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006) [listed].

Iran localities: Isin.

Adenissus zabolicus Dlabola, 1980

Adenissus zabolicus Dlabola, 1980b: 181; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006) [listed].

Iran localities: Nehbandān.

Adenissus zahedanicus Dlabola, 1980

Adenissus zahedanicus Dlabola, 1980b: 182; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006) [listed].

Iran localities: Zāhedān.

Aphelonema brunneolutea Dlabola 1994

Aphelonema brunneolutea Dlabola 1994: 57

Iran localities: Ziārān.

Ahomocnemia chivensis (Kusnezov, 1929)

Caliscelis chivensis Kusnezov, 1929: 330

Ahomocnemia chivensis; Dlabola (1982a).

Iran localities: Jiroft.

Extralimital distribution: Central Asia.

Aphelonema registanica (Dlabola, 1961)

Peltonotellus registanicus Dlabola, 1961a: 262

Aphelonema registanica;Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Kandovān (Māzandarān), Saādatshahr, Tochāl Mountain.

Extralimital distribution: Central Asia.

Chirodisca astyages (Dlabola, 1982)

Caliscelis astyages Dlabola, 1982a: 114; Mirzayans (1995).

Caliscelis dimidiata not Costa, 1863; Dlabola (1981) mis-identification.

Chirodisca astyages; comb. n. in Emeljanov (1996a).

Iran localities: Ahvāz, Bishāpur, Borāzjān, Dārbahāre, Fasā, Ferdows-e Esfandaghe, Rafsanjān, Shirāz, Sufiān, Zeidān.

Extralimital distribution: Western Asia.

Ommatidiotus dissimilis (Fallén, 1806)

Issus dissimilis Fallén, 1806: 123

Ommatidiotus falléni Stål 1863: 251; Melichar (1902a); syn. by Dlabola (1987).

Omnatidiotus (sic) dissimilis (Fallén, 1806); Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Anārak- Temin, Dasht.

Extralimital distribution: Europe, Turkey, Central and Northern Asia.

Ommatidiotus iranicus Horváth, 1905

Ommatidiotus iranicus Horváth, 1905: 380; Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey (Demir 2008).

Perissana bispinata (Dlabola, 1980)

Anissus bispinatus Dlabola 1980b: 179

Perissana bispinata; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006).

Iran localities: Kāzerun, Kushk, Masiri, Saādatshahr.

Extralimital distribution: Iraq (Gnezdilov and Wilson 2006).

Perissana dlabolai Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006

Adenissus circularis Dlabola, 1980b: 186 (Preoccupied).

Perissana dlabolai Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006: 15 (Replacement name for Adenissus circularis).

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Bazmān, Dehbakri, Doborji, Estahbān, Fasā, Miānjangal.

Perissana jakowleffi (Puton, 1890)

Issus jakowleffi Puton, 1890; 233 Nast (1972) [listed].

Perissana jakowleffi; Gnezdilov and Wilson (2006).

Iran localities: Shāhrud.

Extralimital distribution: Azerbaijan.

Reinhardema pasagarda (Dlabola, 1982)

Homocnemia pasagarda Dlabola, 1982a: 116

Reinhardema pasagarda; Gnezdilov (2010a).

Iran localities: Shul.

Family Cixiidae

List of subfamilies, genera, and subgenera is according to Holzinger et al. (2002).

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Duilini

New combinations given are due to generic synonymy given by Holzinger et al. (2002).

Duilius fasciata (Horváth, 1894), comb. n.

Hemitropis fasciata Horváth, 1894: 183

Bitropis fasciata; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Ghāsemābād, Kermānshāh (Yazd province), Nikshahr.

Extralimital distribution: Transcaucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, central Asia.

Duilius seticulosus (Lethierry, 1874)comb. n.

Haplacha seticulosa Lethierry, 1874: 444

Hemitropis seticulosus; Barkhordari et al. (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Saudi Arabia (Dlabola 1979d).

Duilius tamaricis (Puton & Lethierry, 1887) n.comb.

Haplacha tamaricis Puton & Lethierry, 1887: 309

Hemitropis tamaricis; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Marand, Robāt-e Tork.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey, Central Asia.

Duilius tamaricicola (Dubovsky, 1966), comb. n.

Hemitropis tamaricicola Dubovsky, 1966: 35; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Borāzjān, Dārbahāre, Ghāsemābād, Kahkom Kahurak, Kermānshāh (Yazd province), Shushtar.

Extralimital distribution: Uzbekistan.

Duilius v-atrum (Dlabola, 1985), comb. n.

Hemitropis v-atrum Dlabola, 1985: 124; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ahram, Bāghak, Bāhukalāt, Bilāi, Geno, Ghāsemābād, Kahkom, Kahnuj, Komehr, Miānjangal, Nikshahr, Tis, Zeidān.

Tribe Cixiini

Cixius (Ceratocixius) adornatus iranicus Dlabola, 1979

Cixius (Ceratocixius) adornatus iranicus Dlabola, 1979b: 233; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Hashtpar, Khalkhāl, Nāhārkhorān, Rezvāndeh, Sheikh-e Mahalleh, Zirāb.

Cixius (Ceratocixius) cunicularius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Cicada cunicularius Linnaeus, 1767: 711

Cixius cunicularius; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Parehsar.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, Northern and Eastern Asia.

Cixius (Ceratocixius) pallipes Fieber, 1876

Cixius (Ceratocixius) pallipes Fieber, 1876: 191; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bandar Anzali, Bidruyeh, Dasht, Ghom, Hafttappeh, Hashtpar, Isin, Karaj, Evin, Lāhijān, Mollāsāni, Parehsar, Rek, Sanandaj.

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, North parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan.

Comments (M. Asche pers comm.): The occurrence of pallipes in Middle East is questionable. The true pallipes (described from Italy) is apparently geographically confined to the Central and West Mediterranean. In the East Mediterranean and Middle East there occurs a species described by China (1942) as Cixius (Ceratocixius) wagneri. This means that all geographical records of both species need confirmation.

Cixius persicus Distant, 1907

Cixius persicus Distant, 1907: 284; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Cixius longipennis Melichar, 1902a: 86 (primary homonym); Melichar (1902a).

Iran localities: Nehbandān.

Cixius (Ceratocixius) rufus Logvinenko, 1969

Cixius (Ceratocixius) rufus Logvinenko, 1969: 53; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Asālem, Behshahr, Nāhārkhorān, Sabzevār.

Extralimital distribution: ‘S. Russia' (Nast, 1972).

Cixius (Ceratocixius) simplex (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)

Flata simplex Herrich-Schäffer, 1835: 64

Cixius (Ceratocixius) simplex; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Pol-e Tang.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe.

Cixius (Acanthocixius) stigmaticus (Germar, 1818)

Flata stigmaticus Germar, 1818: 199

Cixius (Sciocixius) stigmaticus; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Kandovān (Māzandarān).

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western and Eastern Europe.

Tachycixius desertorum (Fieber, 1876)

Cixius desertorum Fieber, 1876: 182; (Dlabola (1981, 1985).

Tachycixius desertorum; comb. n. in Wagner (1939).

Iran localities: Sufiān, Eslāmābād, Ziārān.

Extralimital distribution: Southern and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Central Asia

Comments: (M. Asche pers comm.). The records of T. desertorum from Iran need confirmation. This species is part of a group of apparently closely related species.

Tribe Oecleini

Myndus genocolus Dlabola, 1985

Myndus genocolus Dlabola, 1985: 97; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bandar Khamir, Bandar Lengeh, Geno, Isin, Kangān.

Myndus musivus (Germar, 1825)

Flata musivus Germar, 1825: 21; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Orumieh, Orumieh lake.

Extralimital distribution: Europe, Central Asia.

Myndus sarbazus Dlabola, 1989

Myndus sarbazus Dlabola, 1989: 33

Iran localities: Sarbāz.

Tribe Pentastirini

Anoculiarus ornatus Dlabola, 1985

Anoculiarus ornatus Dlabola, 1985: 123

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar.

Eumecurus apunctatus Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus apunctatus Dlabola, 1985: 107

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Jiroft, Zāboli.

Eumecurus baluchestanicus Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus baluchestanicus Dlabola, 1985: 110

Iran localities: Masiri.

Eumecurus (Pseumecurus) frontalis (Melichar, 1904)

Oliarus frontalis Melichar, 1904: 31

Eumecurus (Pseumecurus) frontalis; comb. n. in Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Isin.

Extralimital distribution: Northern Africa.

Eumecurus kabulus (Dlabola, 1957)

Oliarus kabulus Dlabola, 1957a: 267

Eumecurus kabulus; comb. n. in Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Geno.

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan.

Eumecurus octopus Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus octopus Dlabola, 1985: 106

Iran localities: Tang-e Sarheh.

Eumecurus superstylus Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus superstylus Dlabola, 1985: 108

Iran localities: Jiroft.

Eumecurus transpunctatus Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus transpunctatus Dlabola, 1985: 103

Iran localities: Sarbāz, Sekand.

Eumecurus vilbastei Dlabola, 1985

Eumecurus vilbastei Dlabola, 1985: 109

Iran localities: Isin.

Hyalesthes luteipes Fieber, 1876

Hyalesthes luteipes Fieber, 1876: 197; (Dlabola (1981, 1994), Mirzayans (1995)

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Evin, Sirik, Tochāl Mountain.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Central Asia.

Hyalesthes mlokosiewiczi Signoret, 1879

Hyalesthes mlokosiewiczi Signoret, 1879: 116; Farahbakhsh (1961) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981), Hoch and Remane (1985) [listed], Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Emeljanov (1996b), Abaii (2000).

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Āmol, Bidhend, Eskandari, Evin, Firuzkuh, Ghezel-Bolāgh, Gorgān, Karaj, Khorramābād, Malārd, Marāgheh, Marand, Robāt-e Tork, Rudbārak, Shāhrud, Shirāz, Tabriz, Tochāl Mountain, Varāmin.

Extralimital distribution: Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Central Asia.

Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865

Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865: 128; (Dlabola (1971a, 1972 [listed], 1981, 1994), Behdad (1988), Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000), Lashkari et al. (2009).

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Andimeshk, Behshahr, Evin, Firuzkuh, Gorgān, Hafttappeh, Karaj, Marand, Paskuh, Rezvāndeh, Sanandaj, Sufiān, Tākestān- Karaj Rd, Tochāl Mountain, Yāsuj, Ziārān.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Hyalesthes philesakis Hoch 1986

Hyalesthes philesakis Hoch 1986: 95; Dlabola (1994)

Iran localities: Masiri.

Extralimital distribution : Moldova, Ukraine, Turkey.

Hyalesthes restultus Dlabola, 1994

Hyalesthes restultus Dlabola, 1994: 44

Iran localities: Komehr.

Hyalesthes scotti Ferrari, 1882

Hyalesthes scotti Ferrari, 1882: 82; Dlabola (1994).

Hyalesthes luteipes Fieber. var. scotti Ferrari; (Linnavuori, 1962a).

Iran localities: Dasht, Gazanak, Sufiān, Tochāl Mountain.

Extralimital distribution: Western and central Mediterranean region, perhaps also in southern parts of central Europe. (Holzinger et al. 2003).

Hyalesthes zabolicus Dlabola, 1985

Hyalesthes zabolicus Dlabola, 1985: 121; Hoch and Remane 1985 [listed].

Iran localities: Zāboli.

Oliarellus fulvus (Kusnezov, 1935)

Hyalesthes fulvus Kusnezov, 1935: 213

Oliarus fulvus (Kusnezov 1935); Nast (1972) [listed], Lashkari et al. (2009).

Pseudoliarus circularis Dlabola, 1981: Dlabola (1981).

Oliarellus fulvus; Dlabola (1985) [listed].

Iran localities: Estahbān, Ghazvin, Golestān province, Robāt-e Tork.

Extralimital distribution: Central Asia.

Oliarus convergens Melichar, 1902

Oliarus convergens Melichar, 1902a: 87; Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Kermān province.

Comment: the status of this species is unclear.

Oliarus nigrofurcatus Signoret, 1884

Oliarus nigrofurcatus Signoret 1884: 71; Melichar (1902a), Farahbakhsh (1961) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Nehbandān.

Extralimital distribution: Transcaucasus, Iraq, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Comments: The identity of this species is unclear.

Pentastira bahtiaricus (Dlabola, 1981)

Oliarus bahtiaricus Dlabola, 1981: 144;

Pentastira bahtiaricus; comb. n. in Dlabola (1988).

Iran localities: Marg-e-Malek

Pentastira major Kirschbaum, 1868

Pentastira major Kirschbaum, 1868: 44

Oliarus major (Kirschbaum, 1868); Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Pentastira major; (Dlabola, 1988).

Iran localities: Akhlamad, Āmol, Behshahr, Dasht-e Moghān, Divāndareh, Gazanak, Ghāemshahr, Gharechaman, Gorgān, Kahurak, Karaj, Nowshahr, Rāmiān, Sanandaj, Shemirān, Silvāneh, Zāhedān, Zoshk.

Extralimital distribution: Southern and Eastern Europe, North parts of Western Asia.

Pentastira superspicata Dlabola, 1985

Pentastira superspicata Dlabola, 1985: 119

Iran localities: Kāzerun, Masiri.

Pentastira shul (Dlabola, 1985)

Reptalus shul Dlabola, 1985: 115; Dlabola (1985).

Pentastira shul; comb. n. in Dlabola (1988).

Iran localities: Kāzerun, Masiri, Miāneh, Shul, Yāsuj.

Pentastiridius (Pentastiridius) leporinus (Linnaeus, 1761)

Cicada leporina Linnaeus, 1761: 242

Oliarus leporinus; (Dlabola (1971b, 1981).

Flata pallens Germar, 1821; synonymized by Nast (1986).

Oliarus pallens (Germar, 1821); Melichar (1902a), (Dlabola (1960a, 1971a, 1972 [listed], 1981), Farahbakhsh (1961) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed].

Reptalus pallens (Germar, 1821); Mirzayan (1995).

Pentastiridius leporinus; Nast (1986), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ābādeh, Albāji, Bampur, Bazmān, Birjand, Chābahār, Dālaki, Evin, Gambuyeh, Gāvbandi, Gharechaman, Hafttappeh, Hamidieh, Hāresābād, Hashtpar, Irānshahr, Kandovān (Māzandarān), Marand, Miāneh- Zanjān Rd, Minushahr, Mollāsāni, Shādegān, Shieh, Susangerd, Suza, Tabriz, Varāmin, Zābol.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan, Central and Eastern Asia.

Pseudoliarus fuscofasciatus (Melichar, 1902)

Oliarus fuscofasciatus Melichar, 1902a: 88; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1972 [listed], 1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Pseudoliarus fuscofasciatus; Dlabola 1981.

Iran localities: Ābādeh, Bazmān, Bidruyeh, Dālaki, Geno, Ghom, Isin, Jahrom, Jiroft, Mollāsāni, Zābol.

Extralimital distribution: North east Africa, Yemen, Iraq, Transcaucasia.

Pseudoliarus palestinensis (Linnavuori, 1962)

Oliarus fuscofasciatus palestinensis Linnavuori, 1962a: 3

Pseudoliarus palestinensis; Dlabola (1985).

Iran localities: Ahvāz, Jāsk, Kahkom.

Extralimital distribution: Saudi Arabia (Dlabola 1980c), Turkey (Demir 2008).

Reptalus (Trepalus) cuspidatus (Fieber, 1876)

Oliarus cuspidatus Fieber, 1876: 215; Dlabola (1981).

Reptalus (Trepalus) cuspidatus; new subgenus in Emeljanov (1995).

Iran localities: Jahrom.

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Central Asia.

Reptalus (Trepalus) rufocarinatus (Kusnezov, 1937)

Oliarus quinquecostatus var. rufocarinatus Kusnetzov, 1937: 168

Oliarus bitinctus Dlabola, 1961a: 254; Dlabola (1981).

Reptalus bitinctus; Dlabola (1985), Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995).

Oliarus concolor Fieber, 1876; Mirzayans et al. (1976).

Iran localities: Dasht, Esfahān, Gholhak, Ghom- Esfahān Rd, Ghom, Karaj.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Afghanistan, Central and Eastern Asia.

Comments: Oliarus concolor Fieber, 1876 is taxonomically unclear, and apparently often interpreted by various author in various manners without having studied the (type material). Dlabola (1988): 64 lists it as a separate species. Also Oliarus bitinctus Dlabola has had a mixed history, synonymized with rufocarinatus by Emeljanov (1978), revived as separate species in Setapius by Dlabola (1988) and now as a synonym of rufocarinatus in Reptalus (Trepalus) by Emeljanov (1995).

Reptalus eremicus Dlabola, 1985

Reptalus eremicus Dlabola, 1985: 114; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Marand, Mashhad, Masiri, Nagsh-e Rostam, Paskuh, Rafsanjān, Robāt-e Tork, Shirāz, Yāsuj.

Reptalus melanochaetus (Fieber, 1876)

Oliarus melanochaetus Fieber, 1876: 198; Dlabola (1981), Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000).

Reptalus melanochaetus; comb. n. in Emeljanov (1972a).

Iran localities: Bābol- Ghāemshahr, Karaj, Leshtar, Tonekābon.

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western, and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Central Asia.

Reptalus quinquecostatus (Dufour, 1833)

Cixius quinquecostatus Dufour 1833: 224

Reptalus quinquecostatus; comb. n. in Emeljanov (1972b).

Oliarus quinquecostatus (Dufour 1833); Behdad (1988), Abaii (2000).

Iran localities: Unknown locality (Northern and central provinces).

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Central and Eastern Asia.

Comment: The identity of this record should be checked since it is part of a complex of several closely related species.

Reptalus reductus Dlabola, 1994

Reptalus reductus Dlabola, 1994: 53; Dlabola (1994).

Iran localities: Bāft.

Reptalus ziaran Dlabola, 1985

Reptalus ziaran Dlabola, 1985: 118

Iran localities: Miāneh, Ziārān.

Setapius barajus (Dlabola, 1957)

Oliarus barajus Dlabola, 1957b: 24; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995)

Setapius barajus; comb. n. in Dlabola (1988).

Iran localities: Irānshahr, Varāmin.

Extralimital distribution: Transcaucasia, Turkey, Afghanistan.

Setapius lindbergi (Dlabola, 1957)

Oliarus lindbergi Dlabola, 1957b: 23; Linnavuori (1962a) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1972 [listed], 1981).

Setapius lindbergi; comb. n. in Dlabola (1988), Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995).

Reptalus lindbergi (Dlabola, 1960); Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Bampur, Fasā, Gorgān, Heirān, Jiroft, Marand, Marg-e-Malek, Sarāvān, Shirāz, Tochāl Mountain, Zābol.

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Turkey, Dagestan, Uzbekistan (Nast 1972) Egypt (Dlabola 1974b), Saudi Arabia (Dlabola 1980c).

Family Delphacidae

Subfamilies and tribes follow Asche (1985)

Subfamily Asiracinae

Asiraca clavicornis (Fabricius, 1794)

Cicada clavicornis Fabricius, 1794: 41; Karimzadeh Esfahani et al. (1998), Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995) Abaii (2000).

Asiraca flavicornis (sic); (Dlabola (1981, 1984).

Iran localities: Esfahān province, Goleestān province, Karaj, Markazi province.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan, Central and Eastern Asia.

Subfamily Kelisinae

Kelisia praecox Haupt, 1935

Kelisia praecox Haupt, 1935: 133; Dlabola (1981), Lashkari et al. (2009)

Iran localities: Tochāl Mountain, Golestān province.

Extralimital distribution: Germany, Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Asia.

Kelisia ribauti Wagner, 1938

Kelisia ribauti Wagner, 1938: 12; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Evin.

Extralimital distribution: Western, Northern and Eastern Europe, North parts of Westsern Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Eastern Asia and Russian Far East.

Subfamily Stenocraninae

Stenocranus major (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Delphax major Kirschbaum, 1868: 211

Stenocranus major; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Golestān province.

Extralimital distribution: Europe, Afghanistan.

Subfamily Delphacinae

Tribe Tropidocephalini

Tropidocephala prasina Melichar, 1902

Tropidocephala prasina Melichar, 1902a: 90

Tropidocephala prasina lateralis Melichar, 1902a: 90; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Bazmān.

Tribe Delphacini

Bostaera bolivari (Melichar, 1901)

Delph acodes bolivari Melichar, 1901: 56

Pseudaraeopus bolivari (Melichar, 1901); Nast (1972) [listed].

Bostaera bolivari; (Dlabola (1960a, 1981 [listed])., Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Chābahār, Geno, Irānshahr, Isin, Ziārat.

Extralimital distribution: North West Africa, Southern Europe, Israel.

Calligypona reyi (Fieber, 1866)

Delphax reyi Fieber, 1866: 527

Calligypona reyi; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Bandar Anzali.

Extralimital distribution: Europe, Turkey, Central Asia.

Changeondelphax velichkovskyi (Melichar, 1913)

Euidella velitchkovskyi Melichar, 1913: 6 (type species of Changeondelphax Kwon, 1982)

Calligypona oriens Dlabola, 1961a: 276 (synonymized by Anufriev 1977).

Chloriona oriens; Dlabola (1981).

Changeondelphax velichkovskyi; comb. n. in Kwon (1982).

Iran localities: Ghāemshahr.

Extralimital distribution: South Eastern Europe, North Caucasus Eastern Asia.

Chloriona clavata Dlabola, 1960

Chloriona clavata Dlabola, 1960b: 1; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Gorgān, Evin.

Extralimital distribution: Kyrgyzia (Novikov et al. 2006).

Chloriona unicolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)

Delphax unicolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1835: 66

Chloriona unicolor; Melichar (1902a), Dlabola (1968 [listed], 1981), Mirzayans (1972), Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Aliābād (Ghom), Evin, Gambuyeh, Marand, Temin

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Central Asia

Conomelus sp.

Conomelus sp.; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Tochāl Mountain.

Delphacodes audrasi Ribaut, 1954

Delphacodes audrasi Ribaut, 1954: 180

Delphacodes linnavuorii Le Quesne, 1960: 160; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bidruyeh, Gambuyeh, Minushahr, Sufiān.

Extralimital distribution: Southern parts of Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Turkey, Israel.

Comments: Asche and Remane (1983) discuss the status of Delphacodes mulsanti Fieber and suggested that both Delphacodes audrasi and Delphacodes linnavuorii are likely to be synonyms of mulsanti.

Delphacodes ornatipennis (Haupt, 1927)

Megamelus ornatipennis Haupt, 1927: 9; Dlabola (1964) [listed], 1965c [listed], 1960a, 1972).

Delphacodes ornatipennis; Asche and Remane (1983).

Iran localities: Irānshahr, Shādegān.

Extralimital distribution: East Mediterranean, Afghanistan.

Comments: Likely to become a synonym of Delphacodes mulsanti after further investigation (M. Asche pers comm.).

Delphax inermis Ribaut, 1934

Delphax inermis Ribaut, 1934: 281; Dlabola (1977b [listed], 1994), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Borāzjān, Gambuyeh, Konārdān, Minushahr.

Extralimital distribution: North West Africa, Southern and Western Europe, East Mediterranean, Afghanistan.

Dicranotropis hamata (Boheman, 1847)

Delphax hamata Boheman, 1847: 45

Dicranotropis hamata; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Lajrān.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, North Asia, Central Asia.

Euides caspiana (Dlabola, 1961)

Euidella caspiana Dlabola, 1961a: 268

Euides caspiana; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Bandar Anzali.

Extralimital distribution: Dagestan (Nast, 1972), Turkey (Demir, 2008).

Falcotoya minuscula (Horváth, 1897)

Delphax minuscula Horváth, 1897b: 622

Calligypona minuscula (Horváth, 1897); Dlabola (1960a).

Toya minuscula (Horváth, 1897): Dlabola (1981), Dlabola (1972) [listed].

Falcotoya minuscula; Barkhordari et al. (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Bandar Anzali, Irānshahr, Robāt-e Tork.

Extralimital distribution: North East Africa, France, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Gravesteiniella boldi (Scott, 1870)

Liburnia boldi Scott, 1870: 68

Gravesteiniella boldi; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Golestān province.

Extralimital distribution: Western, Northern and Estern Europe, Cyprus, Central Northern and Eastern Asia.

Halmyra aeluropodis (Emeljanov, 1964)

Calligypona aeluropodis Emeljanov, 1964: 9

Halmyra aeluropodis; (Dlabola (1974a, 1981).

Iran localities: Robāt-e Tork.

Extralimital distribution: Kazakhstan (Nast, 1972), Greece (Drosopoulos et al.1983).

Herbalima eforiae (Dlabola, 1961)

Calligypona eforiae Dlabola, 1961b: 314

Unkanodes eforiae; comb. n. in Dlabola (1974a).

Herbalima eforiae; comb. n. in Emeljanov (1977).

Iran localities: Eynvarzān.

Extralimital distribution: Romania, Kazakhstan (Nast , 1972) Kyrgyzia (Novikov et al. 2006).

Javesella pellucida (Fabricius, 1794)

Fulgora pellucida Fabricius, 1794: 7

Calligypona marginata (Fabricius, 1794); Dlabola (1960a).

Javesella pellucida; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Anbarābād, Chābahār, Evin, EynvarzānIrānshahr, Sufiān.

Extralimital distribution: North of Africa, Europe, Turkey, Afghanistan, Central, Eastern and Northern Asia.

Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén, 1826)

Delphax striatellus Fallén, 1826: 75

Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén, 1826); (Dlabola (1971a, 1981), Nast (1972) [listed], Ahmadi et al. (1986), Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995), Karimzadeh Esfahani et al. (1998), Haghshenas and Khajehali (2000), Nematollahi and Khajehali (2000), Khajehali et al. (2001), Yarmand et al. (2006), Lashkari et al. (2009).

Laodelphax striatella; Mirzayans et al. (1976).

Iran localities: Ahvāz, Aliābād (Jahrom), Āmol, Asālem, Bājgāh, Bandar Anzali, Behshahr, Behshahr- Sāri, Bidruyeh, Bidzard, Chenārshāhijān, Dārāb, Darband, Dasht, Eskandari, Estahbān, Evin, Eynvarzān, Fasā, Galugāh- Eslāmābād, Gambuyeh, Gazanak, Gholhak, Gorgān, Hashtpar, Jahānābād Sepidān, Jiroft, Karaj, Marand, Miāneh- Gharechaman, Minushahr, Nurābād, Parehsar, Robāt-e gharebil- Dowlatābād, Sanandaj, Sāri- Bābolsar , Sarvestān, Shahdād, Shahr-e Kord, Shirāz, Sufiān, Tabriz, Veresk, Zarghān.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Western Asia, Afghanistan, Central, Northern and Eastern Asia.

Matutinus putoni (Costa, 1888)

Kelisia putoni Costa, 1888: 16

Calligypona typhae Lindberg, 1960: 15 (syn. Asche and Remane, 1982); Dlabola (1981)

Matutinus putoni;Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Anbarieh, Minushahr, Shush.

Extralimital distribution: Italy, North Africa, Israel.

Muirodelphax amol Dlabola, 1981

Muirodelphax amol Dlabola, 1981: 154

Iran localities: Āmol.

Muirodelphax aubei (Perris, 1857)

Delphax aubei Perris, 1857: 170

Muirodelphax aubei; Dlabola (1981), Lashkari et al. (2009)

Iran localities: Damāvand, Golestān province, Lajrān, Marand, Tochāl Mountain.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Central and Eastern Asia.

Pseudaraeopus curtulus Dlabola, 1960

Pseudaraeopus curtulus Dlabola, 1960a: 3; Dlabola (1981) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Irānshahr.

Pseudaraeopus iranicus Dlabola, 1960

Pseudaraeopus iranicus Dlabola, 1960a: 4; Dlabola (1981) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Irānshahr.

Ribautodelphax hyrcanus Dlabola, 1981

Ribautodelphax hyrcanus Dlabola, 1981: 157; Mirzayans (1995)

Iran localities: Golestān province, Hashtpar.

Sardia rostrata Melichar, 1903

Sardia rostrata Melichar, 1903: 96; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995)

Iran localities: Minushahr.

Extralimital distribution: widespread in Asia and Australasia.

Sogatella furcifera (Horváth, 1899)

Delphax furciferaHorváth 1899: 372

Sogatella furcifera; Lashkari et al. (2009).

Iran localities: Golestān province.

Comments: Asche and Wilson (1990) recorded no specimens of this species in Europe or Africa. It is very likely that this record refers to another species.

Extralimital distribution: Eastern Palaearctic (Asche and Wilson, 1990).

Sogatella vibix (Haupt, 1927)

Liburnia vibix Haupt, 1927:13

Calligypona vibix (Haupt, 1927); Dlabola (1960a).

Sogatella suezensis Matsumura 1910; Linnavuori (1964) misdetermination (not suezensis Matsumura, 1910); Ahmadi et al. (1986), Kheyri (1989), Mirzayans (1995), Nast (1972) [listed].

Sogatella vibix; (Dlabola (1965c, 1971a, 1972), Karimzadeh Esfahani et al. (1998), Lashkari et al. (2009).

Iran localities: Albāji, Anbarābād, Bājgāh, Bidruyeh, Dārāb, Esfahān province, Estahbān, Fasā, Firuzābād, Golestān province, Irānshahr, Isin, Jiroft, Minushahr, Nurābād, Sarvestān, Shabestar.

Extralimital distribution: North of Africa, North parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan.

Comments: Asche and Wilson (1990) provide full synonymy and localities.

Toya propinqua (Fieber, 1866)

Delphax propinqua Fieber, 1866: 525

Calligypona propinqua (Fieber, 1866); Dlabola (1960a).

Toya propinqua; Ahmadi et al. (1986), Dlabola (1981), Kheyri (1989), Lashkari et al. (2009); Mirzayans (1995), Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Anbarābād, Andimeshk, Bājgāh, Bandar Anzali, Eskandari, Evin, Eynvarzān, Fasā, Gholhak, Gorgān, Hashtpar, Irānshahr, Isin, Jiroft, Kāzerun, Marand, Minushahr, Rudbārak, Sanandaj, Sepidān, Shirāz, Tochāl Mountain, Zarghān Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Japan.

Unkanodes latespinosa (Dlabola, 1957)

Calligypona latespinosa Dlabola, 1957a: 275

Unkanodes latespinosa; (Dlabola (1971a, 1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Damāvand, Eskandari, Evin, Gholhak, Marand, Miāneh – Gharechaman, Orumieh, Robāt-e gharebil, Sanandaj, Shahdād.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey, Afghanistan and Mongolia.

Unkanodes tanasijevici (Dlabola, 1965)

Elymodelphax tanasijevici Dlabola, 1965a: 658

Unkanodes tanasijevici; Ahmadi et al. (1986).

Iran localities: Akbar ābād, Bājgāh, Zarghān.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey-Anatolia, Greece, Romania, (Asche, 1982), Yugoslavia.

Family Derbidae

Tribe Cenchreini

Malenia isinica Dlabola, 1986

Malenia isinica Dlabola, 1986: 173

Iran localities: Isin.

Malenia masirica Dlabola, 1986

Malenia masirica Dlabola, 1986: 173

Iran localities: Dehbakri, Kermānshāh (Yazd province), Kushk, Masiri, Sheikh-e Mahalleh, Yāsuj.

Malenia sarmatica Anufriev, 1966

Malenia sarmatica Anufriev, 1966: 46; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Hashtpar, Lāhijān, Tonekābon, Zirāb.

Extralimital distribution: Ukraine, Transcaucasia.

Tribe Zoraidini

Proutista jezeki Dlabola, 1981

Proutista jezeki Dlabola, 1981: 161

Iran localities: Rāsk.

Family Dictyopharidae

Subfamily Dictyopharinae

Subgenera of Dictyophara follow Emeljanov (2004)

Dictyophara (Ancylocrius) albata Dlabola & Heller, 1962

Dictyophara albata Dlabola & Heller, 1962: 2; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981), Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Chāhkuh, Estahbān, Geno, Hichān, Irānshahr, Jahrom, Jiroft, Kahurestān, Kāzerun, Nikshahr, Sendarak.

Dictyophara (Ancylocrius) exoptata Dlabola & Heller, 1962

Dictyophara exoptata Dlabola & Heller, 1962: 1; Nast (1972) [listed], Mirzayans et al. (1976) Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Aliābād (Jahrom), Chāhkuh, Dasht-e arjan, Geno, Irānshahr, Isin, Jiroft, Kahurestān, Kāzerun, Konārdān, NikshharSendarak, Shirāz.

Dictyophara (Chanithus) avocetta Oshanin, 1879

Dictyophara avocetta Oshanin, 1879: 131; Melichar, 1902a, Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed], Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Anārak.

Extralimital distribution: Azerbaijan, Eastern parts of Central Asia.

Dictyophara (Chanithus) hastata Kusnezov, 1929

Dictyophara hastate Kusnezov, 1929; Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Dictyophara (Chanithus) kazeruna Dlabola, 1986

Dictyophara kazeruna Dlabola, 1986: 179, Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Kāzerun.

Dictyophara (Conopenchus) pazukii (Dlabola, 1984)

Philotheria pazukii Dlabola, 1984: 25

Iran localities: Kamandān.

Dictyophara (Dictyophara) asiatica Melichar, 1912

Dictyophara asiatica Melichar, 1912: 118; Dlabola (1981), Behdad (1988), Abaii (2000), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Eynvarzān, Gazanak.

Extralimital distribution: Northern parts of Western Asia.

Dictyophara (Dictyophara) europaea (Linnaeus, 1767)

Fulgora europaea Linnaeus, 1767: 704

Dictyophara europaea; Mirzayans et al. (1976), Dlabola (1981), Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Haghshenas and Khajehali (2000), Abaii (2000), Khajehali et al. (2001), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Ahvāz, Bābol- Ghāemshahr, Bandar Anzali, Behshahr, Chahār mahāl- Bakhtiāri province, Eskandari, Fasā, Feizābād, Hafttappeh, Jahrom, Kāmyārānv, Kandovān (Māzandarān), Khorramābād, Marand, Mollāsāni, Tabriz, Tonekābons, Varāmin, Zirāb.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Western, Eastern and Southern Europe, northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan, southern parts of Central Asia and Eastern Asia.

Dictyophara (Euthremma) hoberlandti Dlabola, 1974

Dictyophara hoberlandti Dlabola, 1974a: 36; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans et al. (1976), Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Dictyophara (Euthremma) hoberlandti; Emeljanov (2004).

Iran localities: Eynvarzān, Gāvkoshak, Kāzerun, Orumieh, Sepidān, Sisakht.

Raivuna iranica (Linnavuori, 1962)

Dictyophara iranica Linnavuori, 1962a: 7; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Anbarābād, Chāhkuh, Dālaki, Evin, Ghom Lake, Hafttappeh, Hasanlangi, Irānshahr, Isin, Jiroft, Kandovān (Māzandarān), Marand, Mollāsāni, Nikshahr, Pishin, Rāsk, Sendarak, Sisakht, Yazd, Zābol.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey (Demir, 2008).

Raivuna pallida (Donovan, 1800)

Fulgora pallida Donovan 1800: 1

Chanithus pallidus (= striata Oshanin, 1879); Dlabola (1960a).

Raivuna pallida; Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Anbarābād, Bampur, Irānshahr

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern parts of Western Asia, Transcaucasia, Central and Eastern Asia.

Comments: Linnavuori (1962a) regarded Chanithus as a subgenus of Dictyophara. Due to problems with the identity of this species literature records may refer to a number of species.

Raivuna striata (Oshanin, 1879)

Raivuna striata (Oshanin, 1879); Mozaffarian and Emeljanov (2010) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Subfamily Orgeriinae

Kumlika mandrita Emeljanov, 1997

Kumlika mandrita Emeljanov, 1997: 89

Iran localities: Sabzevār.

Nymphorgerius convergens Emeljanov, 1972

Nymphorgerius convergens Emeljanov, 1972a: 25; Dlabola (1979b).

Iran localities: Shāhkuh-e Pāiin.

Nymphorgerius emeljanovi Dlabola, 1979

Nymphorgerius emeljanovi Dlabola, 1979b: 242

Iran localities: Tochāl Mountain, Ziārān.

Nymphorgerius mullah Dlabola, 1979

Nymphorgerius mullah Dlabola, 1979b: 241

Iran localities: Ziārān.

Nymphorgerius plotnikovi Kusnezov, 1929

Nymphorgerius plotnikovi Kusnezov, 1929: 326; Emeljanov (1997).

Iran localities: Bojnurd.

Extralimital distribution: Kazakhstan, Turkmenia (Nast, 1972).

Nymphorgerius rostratus Emeljanov, 2009

Nymphorgerius rostratus Emeljanov, 2009: 283

Iran localities: Sangrud.

Tigrahauda ototettigoides (Oshanin, 1913)

Orgerius ototettigoides Oshanin, 1913: 140

Tigrahauda ototettigoides; Emeljanov (1997).

Iran localities: Esfarāyen, Kāhe.

Extralimital distribution: Central Asia.

Family Flatidae

Bahuflata punctata Dlabola, 1979

Bahuflata punctata Dlabola, 1979a: 230

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Sirik.

Derisa atratula Melichar, 1902

Derisa atratula Melichar, 1902a: 103; (Dlabola (1960a, 1981), Nast (1972) [listed], Mirzayans (1995), Medler (2003).

Iran localities: Sirjān, Isin, Anbarābād, Bampur, Bazmān, Nikshahr, Bāhukalāt, Chābahār, Tis.

Eurima astuta Melichar, 1902

Eurima astuta Melichar, 1902a: 102; Dlabola (1981) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bazmān, Kahurestān, Sendarak.

Extralimital distribution: Israel (Nast 1972) Saudi Arabia (Dlabola 1979d).

Mesophantia kanganica Dlabola, 1983

Mesophantia kanganica Dlabola, 1983: 469 in Krampl and Dlabola (1983).

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Bojnurd, Hessār, Jiroft, Kangān, Nehbandān, Nosratābad, Sabzevār.

Mesophantia pallens Melichar, 1902

Mesophantia pallens Melichar, 1902b: 18; Abaii (2000), Barkhordari et al. (1981), (Dlabola (1981, 1983a), Medler (2003), Mirzayans (1995), Mirzayans et al. (1976), Nast (1972) [listed], Rajabi (1989).

Iran localities: Ābādeh, Bojnurd, Darpahn, Estahbān, Evin, Gāvkoshak, Izadkhāst, Jahrom, Kāshān, Kāzerun, Khosro- Shirin, Mashhad-e Ardehāl, Mohammadābād, Nishābur, Rafsanjān, Sangān, Shāhrud, Sisakht, Yāsuj.

Mesophantia sabzevaranica Dlabola, 1983

Mesophantia sabzevaranica Dlabola, 1983: 466 in Krampl and Dlabola, (1983); Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Denā mt (west slope), Doborji, Estahbān, Ferdows-e Esfandaghe, Gāvkoshi, Geno, Ghaderābād, Jahrom, Jiroft, Kāzerun, Kermān, Kuhenjān, Māhārlu, Miānjangal, Mohammadābād, Nishābur, Posht- e kuh, Sarāvān, Sarbāz, Shul, Sisakht.

Mesophantia tisina Dlabola, 1983

Mesophantia tisina Dlabola, 1983: 468 in Krampl and Dlabola (1983).

Iran localities: Dehbakri, Tis.

Persepolia columbaria Dlabola & Safavi, 1972

Persepolia columbaria Dlabola & Safavi, 1972: 2; Dlabola and Safavi (1972), (Dlabola (1974a, 1981), Mirzayans et al. (1976), Behdad (1988), Rajabi (1989), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000).

Iran localities: Kāzerun, Nurābād, Shirāz, Yāsuj.

Extralimital distribution: Saudi Arabia (Dlabola, 1980c).

Persepolia jasmuriana Dlabola, 1982

Persepolia jasmuriana Dlabola, 1982b: 165

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Bārgāh, Bazmān, Geno, Isin, Rudān, Sarāvān, Tang-e Sarheh.

Persepolia secunda Dlabola, 1981

Persepolia secunda Dlabola, 1981: 190

Iran localities: Zāboli.

Persepolia servadeina Dlabola, 1982

Persepolia servadeina Dlabola, 1982b: 163

Iran localities: Bazmān, Zāboli, Pākuh, Sarāvān, Tang-e Sarheh, Zāhedān, Kermānshāh (Yazd province), Khutanābād, Kermān, Māhān, Golbāf.

Phantia borazianica Dlabola, 1989

Phantia borazianica Dlabola, 1989: 44

Iran localities: Borāzjān.

Phantia christophii Rusiecka, 1902

Phantia christophii Rusiecka, 1902: 423; Melichar (1902a), Dlabola (1972), Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Temin.

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan, Turkmenia.

Phantia crucispina Dlabola, 1989

Phantia crucispina Dlabola, 1989: 42

Iran localities: Zāhedān.

Phantia cylindricornis Melichar, 1902

Phantia cylindricornis Melichar, 1902a: 99; (Dlabola (1960a, 1972 [listed], 1989), Nast (1972) [listed], Medler (2003).

Iran localities: Anbarābād, Bāhukalāt, Chābahār, Espakeh, Hasanlangi, Irānshahr, Mināb, Ziārat.

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan and Turkmenia.

Phantia denasuta Dlabola, 1989

Phantia denasuta Dlabola, 1989: 40

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Bampur, Bandar Chārak, Hasanlangi, Jāsk.

Phantia ferganensis Dubovsky, 1966

Phantia ferganensis Dubovsky, 1966: 75; Dlabola (1989).

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Bampur, Jāsk.

Extralimital distribution: Uzbekistan.

Phantia finita Dlabola, 1989

Phantia finita Dlabola, 1989: 49

Iran localities: Miānjangal.

Phantia flavida Rusiecka, 1902

Phantia flavida Rusiecka, 1902: 424; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Azerbaijan.

Phantia helleri Linnavuori, 1962

Phantia helleri Linnavuori, 1962b: 2; Nast (1972) [listed], (Dlabola (1981, 1989), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ahram, Bāhukalāt, Bampur, Bandar Abbās, Bandar Lengeh, Bārgāh, Bazmān, Dārāb, Dārbahāre, Darzin, Darpahn, Fāriāb, Gambuyeh, Ganāveh, Gāvkoshi, Geno, Ghasr-e Ghand, Ghom, Ghotbābād, Hājiābād, Hasanlangi, Isin, Jāsk, Jiroft, Kahnuj, Kahurestān, Kamālābād, Khutanābād, Mahārlu, Mijān, Mināb, Nikshahr, Nugh, Rafsanjān, Rāsk, Rudān, Sekand, Sendarak, Shirāz, Shul, Shusf, Sirik, Tang-e Sarheh, Tis, Zeidān.

Phantia lactea Rusiecka, 1902

Phantia lactea Rusiecka, 1902: 424; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Phantia ovatospina Dlabola, 1989

Phantia ovatospina Dlabola, 1989: 43

Iran localities: Nehbandān.

Phantia picea Dlabola, 1989

Phantia picea Dlabola, 1989: 46

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Bandar Abbās, Jāsk, Nikshahr.

Phantia putoni Rusiecka, 1902

Phantia putoni Rusiecka, 1902: 423; Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Phantia rubromarginata Rusiecka, 1902

Phantia rubromarginata Rusiecka, 1902: 424; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1972 [listed], 1981 [listed]).

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan.

Phantia subquadrata (Herrich Schäffer, 1838)

Poeciloptera subquadrata Herrich Schäffer, 1838: 2

Phantia subquadrata; Dlabola (1989).

Iran localities: Yāsuj.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey (Demir 2007).

Phantia viridula Puton, 1890

Phantia viridula Puton, 1890: 230; Dlabola (1972) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Puton (1890).

Iran localities: Shāhrud.

Extralimital distribution: Armenia.

Tisia esfandiarii Dlabola, 1981

Tisia esfandiarii Dlabola, 1981: 192

Iran localities: Tis.

Zarudnya fusca Melichar, 1902

Zarudnya fusca Melichar, 1902a: 101; Dlabola (1960a), Nast (1972) [listed], Medler (2003).

Iran localities: Bampur, Bazmān, Irānshahr.

Extralimital distribution: Turkmenia.

Zarudnya interstitialis Melichar, 1902

Zarudnya interstitialis Melichar, 1902a: 101; (Dlabola (1960a, 1981 [listed]), Nast (1972) [listed], Medler (2003), Mirzayans (1995)

Iran localities: Anbarābād, Bampur, Bazmān, Irānshahr, Jiroft, Kharposht, Sendarak.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa.

Family Fulgoridae

The genus Dorysarthrus was transferred from Dictyopharidae to Fulgoridae by Emeljanov (1979).

Dorysarthrus mobilicornis Puton, 1895

Dorysarthrus mobilicornis Puton, 1895: 88; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Ghasr-e Ghand, Nikshahr, Sirik.

Extralimital distribution: Israel.

Dorysarthrus simonyi Melichar, 1912

Dorysarthrus simonyi Melichar, 1912; Dlabola 1984, Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Mināb.

Extralimital distribution: Saudi Arabia (Dlabola. 1979d).

Dorysarthrus sumakovi Oshanin, 1908

Dorysarthrus sumakovi Oshanin, 1908: 471; Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Turkmenia.

Family Issidae Spinola, 1839

Anatalodus karabachicus (Logvinenko, 1975)

Aeluropsis karabachica Logvinenko, 1975: 59

Hysteropterum ignavum Dlabola, 1981: 179; Dlabola (1981).

Anatolodus ignavus; Dlabola (1982a), Mirzayans (1995).

Anatalodus karabachicus; Gnezdilov (2010b) [listed].

Iran localities: Ghezel-Bolāgh, Māku, Khoy, Marand, Nikshahr.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey.

Cavatorium ardakanum Dlabola, 1980

Cavatorium ardakanum Dlabola, 1980b: 210

Iran localities: Shul.

Cavatorium bispinatum Dlabola, 1980

Cavatorium bispinatum Dlabola, 1980b: 209

Iran localities: Sisakht, Yāsuj.

Cavatorium quadrispinatum Dlabola, 1980

Cavatorium quadrispinatum Dlabola, 1980b: 211

Iran localities: Doborji, Fasā.

Cavatorium sarbaz Dlabola, 1980

Cavatorium sarbaz Dlabola, 1980b: 212

Iran localities: Sekand.

Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica Gnezdilov & Mozaffarian, 2011

Eusarima (Nepalius) iranica Gnezdilov & Mozaffarian, 2011: 457

Iran localitities: Dārābād, Tehrān.

Inflatodus astyages Dlabola, 1982

Inflatodus astyages Dlabola, 1982a: 124

Iran localities: Ziārān.

Inflatodus kyaxares Dlabola, 1982

Inflatodus kyaxares Dlabola, 1982a: 122

Iran localities: Ziārān.

Inflatodus persicus (Dlabola, 1981)

Hysteropterum persicum Dlabola, 1981: 181

Inflatodus persicus; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ābyek, Ghazvin, Tochāl Mountain, Zanjān.

Inflatodus viridans (Dlabola, 1974)

Hysteropterum viridatum Dlabola, 1971a: 380 [Preoccupied]

Hysteropterum viridans Dlabola, 1974a: 44 (nom. nov. for Hysteropterum viridatum Dlabola, 1971: 380 nec Caldwell, 1945); Dlabola (1974a [listed], 1981 [listed]).

Inflatodus viridans; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ghezel-Bolāgh, Varāmin.

Iranodus amygdalinus Dlabola, 1980

Iranodus amygdalinus Dlabola, 1980b: 205; Behdad (1988), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000).

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Chābahār, Doborji, Ferdows-e Esfandaghe, Gotbābād, Hoseinābād, Isin, Jiroft, Kāzerun, Miānjangal, Mohammadābād.

Iranodus dumetorus (Dlabola, 1981), comb. n.

Hysteropterum dumetorum Dlabola 1979 nomen nudum. Species not listed or described

Iranodus dumetorus (Dlabola, 1980b); 205 nomen nudum. Species listed but not described.

Hysteropterum dumetorum Dlabola, 1981: 185

Iran localities: Khānehkhoreh, Shirāz, Dehbid.

Comments: The species was validly described as Hysteropterum dumetorum in Dlabola (1981). However, the name appeared as a new combination in Dlabola (1980b) based on the species being described in Dlabola (1979), where in fact it was not mentioned. On this basis the two earlier citations of the name must be nomina nuda. But the new combination given as Iranodus dumetorus was 2 years before the species was described. Accordingly we validate the name here in the combination Iranodus dumetorus (Dlabola, 1981).

Iranodus khatunus (Dlabola, 1981), comb. n.

Hysteropterum khatunum Dlabola, 1979 nomen nudum. Species not listed or described

Iranodus khatunus Dlabola, 1979: Mirzayans (1995).

Iranodus khatunus (Dlabola, 1980b); 205 nomen nudum. Species listed but not described Mirzayans (1995).

Hysteropterum khatunum Dlabola, 1981: 187

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Dehpābid.

Comments: The species was validly described as Hysteropterum khatunum in Dlabola (1981). However, the name appeared as a new combination in Dlabola (1980b) based on the species being described in Dlabola (1979), where in fact it was not mentioned. On this basis the two earlier citations of the name must be nomina nuda. But the new combination given as Iranodus khatunus was 2 years before the species was described. Accordingly we validate the name here in the combination Iranodus khatunus (Dlabola, 1981).

Iranodus nishabur Dlabola, 1982

Iranodus nishabur Dlabola, 1982a: 128

Iran localities: Birjand, Nishābur.

Iranodus repandus (Dlabola, 1981), comb. n.

Hysteropterum repandum Dlabola, 1979 nomen nudum. Species not listed or described.

Iranodus repandus Dlabola, 1979; Mirzayans (1995).

Iranodus repandum (Dlabola, 1980b): 207 nomen nudum. Species listed but not described.

Hysteropterum repandum Dlabola, 1981: 183; Abaii (2000), Behdad (1988).

Iran localities: Jahrom, Kāzerun, Shirāz.

Comments: The species was validly described as Hysteropterum repandus in Dlabola (1981). However, the name appeared as a new combination in Dlabola (1980b) based on the species being described in Dlabola (1979), where in fact it was not mentioned. On this basis the two earlier citations of the name must be nomina nuda. But the new combination given as Iranodus repandus was 2 years before the species was described. Accordingly we validate the name here in the combination Iranodus repandus (Dlabola 1981).

Iranodus transversalis Dlabola, 1980

Iranodus transversalis Dlabola, 1980b: 204; Mirzayans (1995)

Iran localities: Bāft, Lalezār.

Mycterodus

This large issid genus is now often treated species placed in subgenera such as Aconosimus. But not all Mycterodus species have yet been placed in subgenera, so those species found in Iran are listed under Mycterodus only.

Mycterodus astragalicus Dlabola, 1974

Mycterodus astragalicus Dlabola, 1974a: 42; Behdad (1988); Abaii (2000).

Aconosimus astragalicus; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Kuhrang.

Mycterodus demavendinus Dlabola, 1981

Mycterodus demavendinus Dlabola, 1981: 174; Behdad (1988), Abaii (2000).

Aconosimus demavendinus; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Damāvand, Tochāl Mountain.

Mycterodus elbursicus (Logvinenko, 1974)

Mycterodus elbursicus Logvinenko, 1974: 838

Aconosimus elbursicus; Dlabola (1983b), Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Shāhkuh-e Pāiin.

Mycterodus fagetophilus Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus fagetophilus Dlabola, 1980a: 62, Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Chālus.

Mycterodus guilanicus Dlabola, 1981

Mycterodus guilanicus Dlabola, 1981: 176, Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Lāhijān.

Mycterodus hezarmeshedi Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus hezarmeshedi Dlabola, 1980a: 66

Aconosimus hezarmeshedi; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Kuh-e Hezār.

Mycterodus inassuetus Dlabola, 1981

Mycterodus inassuetus Dlabola, 1981: 176

Aconosimus inassuetus; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Gazanak.

Mycterodus kandavanicus Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus kandavanicus Dlabola, 1980a: 63, Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Ghazvin, Kandovān (Māzandarān).

Mycterodus krameri Dlabola, 1974

Mycterodus krameri Dlabola, 1974b: 297; Logvinenko (1974), Dlabola (1981), Dlabola (1997) [listed], Abaii (2000), Gnezdilov et al. (2004), Lashkari et al. (2009).

Iran localities: Behshahr, Bojnurd, Dasht, Gorgān, Rostamābād.

Mycterodus lanceatus Dlabola 1997

Aconosimus lanceatus Dlabola 1997: 307

Mycterodus lanceatus Dlabola 1991, nomen nudum [The species appears not to be formally described in 1991].

Iran localities: Kelārdasht, Rudbār.

Mycterodus peterseni Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus peterseni Dlabola, 1980a: 68, Dlabola (1997)

Iran localities: Kandovān (Māzandarān).

Mycterodus sexpunctatus Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus sexpunctatus Dlabola, 1980a: 67; Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Aconosimus sexpunctatus; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Azādbar, Kandovān (Māzandarān).

Mycterodus shahrudicus Dlabola, 1980

Mycterodus shahrudicus Dlabola, 1980a: 65

Aconosimus shahrudicus; Dlabola (1997).

Iran localities: Ghazvin.

Pentissus bamicus Dlabola, 1980

Pentissus bamicus Dlabola, 1980b: 207; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Dehbakri, Dehpābid, Jiroft, Khutanābād, Taftān, Tamandān.

Phasmena adyoungi Dlabola, 1982

Phasmena adyoungi Dlabola, 1982a: 131

Iran localities: Ghasr-e Ghand.

Phasmena nasuta Melichar, 1902

Phasmena nasuta Melichar, 1902a: 93; Melichar (1906), Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Temin.

Extralimital distribution: Turkey.

Phasmena telifera Melichar, 1902

Phasmena telifera Melichar, 1902a: 92; Melichar (1906), Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed], Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Sekand, Temin.

Quadriva aurita (Dlabola, 1982)

Hysterodus auritus Dlabola, 1982a: 162

Quadriva aurita (Dlabola, 1982a); comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Yāsuj.

Quadriva dehbakrina (Dlabola, 1980)

Hysterodus dehbakrinus Dlabola, 1980b: 196

Quadriva dehbakrina; comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Dehbakri.

Quadriva lassa (Dlabola, 1981)

Hysteropterum lassum Dlabola, 1981: 178

Quadriva lassa (Dlabola, 1981): comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. 2004.

Iran localities: Khānehkhoreh, Marg-e Malek, Shirāz.

Quadriva ochaninei (Puton, 1890)

Conosimus ochaninei Puton, 1890: 232

Conosimus oshanini; Nast (1972) [listed].

Quadriva ochaninei; comb. n. in Gnezdilov (2010b).

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Central Asia.

Comment: Although the species had been listed in Nast (1972) from Iran, according to Gnezdilov (2010b) the species has only been collected from Central Asia.

Quadriva proxima (Dlabola, 1980)

Hysterodus proximus Dlabola, 1980b: 198

Quadriva proxima; comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Dehbakri.

Quadriva sabzevarana (Dlabola, 1980)

Hysterodus sabzevaranus Dlabola, 1980b: 193

Quadriva sabzevarana; comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Jiroft.

Quadriva taftanica (Dlabola, 1980)

Hysterodus taftanicus Dlabola, 1980b: 197

Quadriva taftanica; comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Taftān.

Quadriva tangesarhena (Dlabola, 1980)

Hysterodus tangesarhenus Dlabola, 1980b: 193

Hysterodus tangesarhensis; Mirzayans (1995).

Quadriva tangesarhena; comb. n. in Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Semirom, Sepidān, Tang-e Sarheh.

Scorlupaster asiaticum (Lethierry, 1878)

Hysteropterum asiaticum Lethierry, 1878: 27; Dlabola (1981).

Hysteropterum tshurtshurnum Linnavuori 1957: 96

Scorlupaster asiaticum; comb. n. in Emeljanov (1972b).

Iran localities: Shirāz.

Extralimital distribution: Syria, Transcaucasia, Afghanistan, Central and Northern Asia.

Scorlupaster emersum (Dlabola, 1981)

Hysteropterum emersum Dlabola, 1981: 184

Scorlupella emersum: Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Robāt-e gharebil.

Scorlupella montana (Becker, 1865)

Issus montana Becker, 1865

Scorlupella montana; Mozaffarian and Gnezdilov (in press).

Iran localities: Ālmeh, Dasht, Kandovān (Āzarbāijān-e Sharghi), Matnagh, Tāzekand, Yāichi.

Extralimital distribution: South Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey, East Mediterranean (except North Africa).

Tautoprosopa transcaspia (Emeljanov, 1978)

Brachyprosopa transcaspia Emeljanov, 1978: 332

Verticisium pictifrons (Melichar, 1906), sensu Dlabola (1979c), misidentification (see Gnezdilov 2002).

Tautoprosopa transcaspia; Gnezdilov (2002), Gnezdilov et al. (2004).

Iran localities: Dareh gaz, Khalkānlu, Khargh, Māzandarān, Shurlukh.

Extralimital distribution: Kazakhstan, Turkmenia (Gnezdilov 2002).

Family Kinnaridae

Perloma boroumandi (Dlabola, 1981)

Adolenda boroumandi Dlabola, 1981: 138; Mirzayans (1995).

Perloma boroumandi; Emeljanov (1984).

Iran localities: Bāhukalāt, Geno, Ghasr-e Ghand, Nikshahr.

Comment: Listed as Cixiidae in Dlabola (1981).

Perloma brunnescens (Emeljanov, 1984)

Propleroma brunnescensEmeljanov, 1984: 471

Perloma brunnescens; Wilson 2010a.

Iran localities: Kāravāndar.

Extralimital distribution: UAE (Wilson, 2010a).

Perloma satrapa (Dlabola, 1981)

Adolenda satrapa Dlabola, 1981: 140

Perloma satrapa; Emeljanov (1984).

Iran localities: Ghasr-e Ghand, Kāzerun.

Comment: Listed as Cixiidae in Dlabola (1981).

Perloma zarudnyi (Emeljanov, 1984)

Propleroma zarudnyi Emeljanov, 1984: 474

Perloma zarudnyi; Wilson (2010a).

Iran localities: Kāravāndar.

Family Lophopidae

Lophops pallidus Melichar, 1902

Lophops pallidus Melichar, 1902a: 90

Lophops pallida; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981) [listed].

Iran localities: Anārak.

Extralimital distribution: Saudi Arabia (Dlabola, 1980c).

Family Meenoplidae

Anigrus farsicus Dlabola, 1986

Anigrus farsicus Dlabola, 1986: 171

Iran localities: Borāzjān, Rāsk.

Meenoplus albosignatus Fieber, 1866

Meenoplus albosignatus Fieber, 1866: 510; Dlabola (1984), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Sepidān.

Extralimital distribution: Southern Europe, Caucasus, North parts of Western Asia.

Nisia nervosa (Motschulsky, 1863)

Meenoplus atrovenosus Lethierry, 1888: 466

Nisia nervosa; Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Isin.

Extralimital distribution: widely distributed from subtropical and tropical regions of Old World. North of Africa, North parts of Western Asia, UAE and Eastern Asia.

Family Nogodinidae

Hadjia nerii Dlabola, 1981

Hadjia nerii Dlabola 1981: 197

Iran localities: Isin.

Hadjia quadrifasciata Dlabola, 1981

Hadjia quadrifasciata Dlabola 1981: 195

Iran localities: Doborji, Geno, Ghotbābād, Hājiābād.

Iranissus ephedrinus Dlabola, 1980, new placement

Iranissus ephedrinus Dlabola, 1980b: 201

Iran localities: Bānuchārehar, Ferdows-e Esfandaghe, Geno, Hājiābād, Jiroft, Mohammadābād, Tis.

Comment: This species was described and placed in Issidae, We here transfer the species to Nogodinidae. (Suggested transfer by V. Gnezdilov pers. comm. and confirmed by MRW by examination of specimens).

Morsina persica Melichar, 1902

Morsina persica Melichar, 1902a: 98; Nast (1972) [listed], Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Bazmān, Geno, Gorgān, Jāsk, Jiroft, Mumān, Sendarak.

Philbyella glarea Dlabola & Heller, 1962

Philbyella glarea Dlabola & Heller, 1962: 2; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Bandar Abbās, Chābahār, Fāriāb, Kahnuj, Sirjān, Tang-e Sarheh.

Family Ricaniidae

Pochazia umbrata Melichar, 1896

Pochazia umbrata Melichar, 1896: 385; Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Turkmenia, Russia (Siberia) (Nast, 1972).

Ricania hedenborgi Stål, 1865

Ricania hedenborgi Stål, 1865: 162; Mirzayans et al. (1976), (Dlabola (1981, 1983a [listed], 1984), Mirzayans (1995), Haghshenas and Khajehali (2000)

Iran localities: Chahārmahāl- Bakhtiāri province, Kāzerun, Shirāz, Sarvestān, Aliābād (Jahrom), Hamadān, Asadābād, Izeh.

Extralimital distribution: Greece, Turkey, Armenia.

Ricania soraya Dlabola, 1983

Ricania soraya Dlabola, 1983a: 93

Iran localities: Ghaderābād, Kāzerun, Masiri.

Family Tettigometridae

Eurychila pantherina (Horváth, 1891)

Tettigometra pantherina Horváth, 1891: 81

Eurychila pantherina; (Dlabola (1981, 1984), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Meshkinshahr, Minushahr.

Extralimital distribution: Transcaucasus, Afghnistan and Central Asia.

Mitricephalus macrocephalus (Fieber, 1865)

Tettigometra macrocephalus Fieber, 1865: 569

Mitricephalus macrocephalus; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Kandovān (Māzandarān), Lajrān, Tochāl Mountain.

Extralimital distribution: Europe, Turkey, Afghanistan, Central and Northern Asia.

Tettigometra angulata Lindberg, 1948

Tettigometra angulata Lindberg, 1948: 19; Dlabola (1972) [listed], Nast (1972) [listed], Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Evin, Kāshān, Rafsanjān.

Extralimital distribution: Transcaucasia, Turkey, Israel, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Tettigometra costulata Fieber, 1865

Tettigometra costulata Fieber, 1865: 572; Melichar (1902a), (Dlabola (1971a, 1972, 1981), Nast (1972) [listed], Behdad (1988), Rajabi (1989), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000).

Iran localities: Aliābād (Ghom), Bazmān, Evin, Gazanak, Geno, Ghom, Karaj, Kuhrang, Māku, Marand, Mohammadābād.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern Europe, Yugoslavia, Transcaucasia, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan, Central Asia.

Tettigometra demavenda Dlabola, 1981

Tettigometra demavenda Dlabola, 1981: 170; Dlabola (1981).

Iran localities: Gazanak, Lajrān.

Tettigometra depressa Fieber, 1865

Tettigometra depressa Fieber, 1865: 563; Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: North Africa, Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, North West of Asia.

Tettigometra eremi Lindberg, 1948

Tettigometra eremi Lindberg, 1948: 27; Nast (1972) [listed], (Dlabola (1972, 1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ābyek, Āmol, Eynvarzān, Gazanak, Kandovān (Māzandarān), Lajrān, Robāt-e gharebil.

Extralimital distribution: Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Afghnistan and Central Asia.

Tettigometra hexaspina Kolenati, 1857

Tettigometra hexaspina Kolenati 1857: 428; Dlabola (1984)

Iran localities: Kāzerun, Khoy.

Tettigometra pseudovitellina Mitjaev, 1971

Tettigometra pseudovitellina Mitjaev, 1971: 75; Dlabola (1981)

Iran localities: Āb Āsk, Marand.

Extralimital distribution: Kazakhstan (Nast, 1972).

Tettigometra sordida Fieber, 1865

Tettigometra sordida Fieber, 1865: 571; Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Western and Eastern Europe.

Tettigometra sororcula Horváth, 1897

Tettigometra sororcula Horváth 1897a: 90; Dlabola 1994 [listed].

Iran localities: unknown locality.

Extralimital distribution: Southern Europe.

Tettigometra sulphurea Mulsant & Rey, 1855

Tettigometra sulphurea Mulsant & Rey, 1855: 209; Mirzayans et al. (1976), Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ābyek, Dārān, Delijān, Evin, Gāvkoshak, Geno, Ghazvin, Ghom- Esfahān Rd, Kandovān (Āzarbāijān-e Sharghi), Karaj, Rudehen.

Extralimital distribution: Southern, Western and Eastern Europe, North parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Tettigometra varia Fieber, 1865

Tettigometra varia Fieber, 1865: 565; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Iran localities: Ghom, Robāt-e gharebil.

Extralimital distribution: Eastern Europe, Jordan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Tettigometra vitellina Fieber, 1865

Tettigometra vitellina Fieber, 1865: 566; Barkhordari et al. (1981) [listed], Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995), Mirzayans et al. (1976), Nast (1972) [listed].

Iran localities: Damāvand, Dasht-e arjan, Evin, Firuzkuh, Gazanak, Ghazvin, Kandovān (Māzandarān), Karaj, Māku, Marand, Robāt-e Tork, Saādatshahr, Tehrān.

Extralimital distribution: Yugoslavia, Transcaucasia, Northern parts of Western Asia, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Family Tropiduchidae

Kazerunia leguaniforma Dlabola, 1977

Kazerunia leguaniforma Dlabola, 1977a: 164; (Dlabola (1977a, 1981[listed]).

Iran localities: Chābahār.

Kazerunia ochreata Dlabola, 1974

Kazerunia ochreata Dlabola, 1974a: 41; Dlabola (1977a).

Iran localities: Fasā, Kāzerun.

Kazerunia undulata Dlabola, 1977

Kazerunia undulata Dlabola, 1977a: 166

Iran localities: Ghasr-e Ghand, Sarbāz.

Ommatissus lybicus Bergevin, 1930

Ommatissus binotatus Fieber, 1876; Afshar (1937), Gardenhire (1959) [listed], Farahbakhsh (1961), Gharib (1998), Dlabola (1994), Mirzayans (1995), Abaii (2000).

Ommatissus binotatus lybicus Bergevin 1930: 20; Gharib (1966), (Behdad (1988, 1991).

Iran localities: Bāfgh Kahkom, Bam, Bandar Abbās, Geno, Isin, Jahrom, Jandagh, Khorramshahr, Khur va Biābānak, Mehrān, Shahdād, Tabas.

Comments: Asche and Wilson (1989) recognized the variety lybicus as a distinct species.

Extralimital distribution: Middle East (Asche and Wilson 1989), Saudi Arabia (Dlabola, 1979d), UAE (Wilson 2010b).

Trypetimorpha fenestrata Costa, 1862

Trypetimorpha fenestrata Costa, 1862: 60; Dlabola (1981), Mirzayans (1995).

Specimens from Iran do not conform exactly to the male genitalia structure illustrated in Huang and Bourgoin (1993. Figs 40-47) but fall into the variation described for the species.

Iran localities: Dasht.

Extralimital distribution: Cyprus, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Israel, Italy (Huang and Bourgoin 1993), Kyrgizia (Novikov et al. 2006).